Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Codrum, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Codrum
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave (1842)
- Coordinates
- 51.90764, -8.98490
- SMR number
- CO070-050002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In S half of ringfort (CO070-050001-). Marked ‘Cave’ on the OS 6-inch first edition map. Macroom Historical Society members recorded a narrow passage which had caved in (Southern Star, 1/5/1982). A ‘spacious subterranean cavern’ is also mentioned by Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 329) who noted that 'several pieces of iron and other metal, much corroded, and apparently portions of ancient military weapons, have frequently been found here; the entrance has been lately closed up, to prevent accidents to cattle'. The interior of the ringfort is uneven, otherwise no visible surface trace.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
References
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.